Wednesday 16 December 2015

About 'Mary's Meals' (Take 2)

Two days ago, at three minutes to midnight, I finished reading a book which tells the story of the amazing charity named above. The book is called ''The Shed That Fed a Million Children''.
It was easy to read in one sense but very hard in others, dealing as it does with such sad stories of poverty and hunger in terribly difficult situations.
There is tremendous hope in the book though, as ways of really making a difference in the lives of so many have evolved from the efforts of all the dedicated people involved.

If you have a moment, perhaps you could check it out on-line and maybe you might decide to become one of the countless number of people who have decided to help to feed the hungry children of our world.


  • It costs £12. 20 to feed a child for a year. (I just checked on google and this is crossed out and now reads 'two children').
  • 93p of every £1 donated goes directly to aid.

Husband and I had recently decided to support this charity with a monthly donation. Now I discover that my housekeeping money has stretched to feed not just 20 plus children a year but 40 plus!! How lovely to have increased my extended family as I shall now think of them.
The children have their meals in school, so bodies AND minds are fed. As a Mum, Gran and retired teacher, there is something especially pleasing to me in that.

Postscript

  • I haven't mentioned the number of children our donations are feeding in order to boast, because, honestly, the amount isn't mega-bucks; it's only £25 a month, so less than £1 a day and a lot less than it costs us to feed husband, son-at-home and me.
  • I've figured out the crossing out of one child to two children! The government is doubling any contribution to this charity for one month up until the 28th of this month. So this means the 40 children are just for December but that's good anyway.
I thought I'd better put the record straight!


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